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Chula Vista Lead Paint Removal helps owners and managers of pre-1978 rentals in Chula Vista with lead paint testing, turnover repairs and removal. The city’s Consolidated Plan counts 15,540 renter-occupied homes built before 1980 (2016-2020 American Community Survey data), and California law treats a lead hazard in a rental as a State Housing Law violation, not just a maintenance item.
We help landlords plan lead work around tenants in Chula Vista and nearby South Bay cities, including National City and Imperial Beach.
Before a pre-1978 unit is leased, federal rules ask the landlord for three things: the EPA lead pamphlet, a lead warning written into the lease, and everything the owner knows about lead paint, hazards or past reports. CDPH points out that the duty returns each time a lease is created or changed, renewals and rent increases included. Short leases of 100 days or less, units with no bedroom and buildings from after 1977 are exempt.
Patching, sanding and repainting a pre-1978 unit between tenants is renovation work under the EPA rule when someone is paid to do it, and the EPA names rental property owners and managers among those covered. The firm needs EPA certification and a certified renovator, and minor repair limits of 6 square feet per room inside or 20 square feet outside still apply.
Under the State Housing Law, local enforcement agencies can order a lead hazard abated or issue a cease-and-desist order for unsafe work. The San Diego County Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program offers home inspections for lead as part of its work with lead-exposed children. If you receive a notice, a sensible first step is a CDPH-certified risk assessment that shows exactly what has to be fixed.
If a certified inspector finds no lead-based paint in a unit, the federal disclosure rule no longer applies to it, and each future lease needs one less form. If the inspection does find lead, its report becomes what you give tenants, a clearer record than saying the paint has never been checked.
Searches about California rental lead rules turn up the City of San Diego’s lead ordinance and its programs. Those apply only inside the City of San Diego. A Chula Vista rental is governed by state law, Title 17 and the federal disclosure and renovation rules, and we have not found a Chula Vista lead ordinance that adds to them.
An inspection can show whether a building qualifies as lead-free; see lead paint inspection and testing. For repairs between tenants, read lead-safe renovation and remodeling, or return to Chula Vista Lead Paint Removal.
Tell us the address, the number of units, the year built, whether the units are occupied, and whether you have received a code or county notice. We'll get back to you soon with an estimate or any questions we have. Estimates are free and there's no obligation.
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